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Urban heat island effect: Is Karachi heating up while the countryside keeps its cool?
2013-08-25 15:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
International Herald Tribune: Doesnt it seem to you that Karachi is getting hotter by the year? Or that its winters are not what they used to be? You are right. Overall there has been a 2.25-degree Centigrade increase in mean temperature in the last 59 years. One likely scenario of climate change is the onset of extreme heat events with greater frequency. Urban settlements with specific land use and development profiles can generate unique conditions while interacting with heat events -- the most significant being the Urban...
Whole Foods Construction At Countryside Mall Starts
2013-08-15 22:00:12| Grocery - Topix.net
Construction of a Whole Foods Market at Countryside Mall is underway. Crews worked to add beams that will be part of the project to slice a 38,000-square foot grocery store in space shared with Sears recently.
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United Kingdom: Lib Dem president Tim Farron warns fracking could harm countryside 'for decades'
2013-08-03 22:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: In the first major attack on fracking by a leading member of the Coalition, Tim Farron, the Lib Dems' president, said he was "greatly worried' by the Government's "dash for shale gas' and that he would lobby for measures that would severely limit its potential development. Mr Farron's views clash strongly with those of Ed Davey, the Energy Secretary and a fellow Lib Dem. Mr Davey has said he is "excited' about the secure supply of energy and thousands of jobs that shale-gas extraction could create....
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Elderly 'isolated in countryside'
2013-07-22 02:37:39| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Cuts to bus services and the high cost of heating present problems for many older people who live in the English countryside, an Age UK study finds.
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#buybritish Banners Take over British Countryside
2013-07-19 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - Hundreds of #buybritish banners are springing up all over the country thanks to farmers and growers keen to get the British public to buy more British food.
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